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👤 Episode 1Avoid Chemistry Calculation Chaos - Know the Correct Units and How to Convert Them
👤 Episode 2Master the Acid Dissociation Constant Ka, and Use it to Calculate pH of Weak Acids
👤 Episode 3Master the Equilibrium Constant Kc
👤 Episode 4What is a Reversible Reaction and an Equilibrium
👤 Episode 5What Exactly are Acids, pH, Strong & Weak Acids
👤 Episode 6Master the Ideal Gas Equation in Chemistry
👤 Episode 7An Important Update
👤 Episode 8How to Do Calculations in Chemistry Using the Mole
👤 Episode 9How My ADHD Helps Me to Help You Learn Chemistry
👤 Episode 10How to Balance Equations, and Why It Is So Important
👤 Episode 11Never Ignore a Mole - What is a Mole and Why it is so Important
👤 Episode 12What You Need to Know about Isotopes at A-Level
👤 Episode 13How to Write and Understnd Electron Configuration
👤 Episode 14What is an atomic orbital, and what are the "rules" about orbitals?
👤 Episode 15Quantum Mechanics - Two analogies to help you understand QM and quantum numbers.
👤 Episode 16How Quantum Mechanics makes the atom 3 dimensional, effects the shape of molecules, and dictates the periodic table's configuration
👤 Episode 17Physical, Organic, or Inorganic? How to navigate these chemistry topic groups.
👤 Episode 18Just how DIFFICULT is it to study advanced high school Chemistry? (With top tips from minute 10)
👤 Episode 19What Changes With the Atomic Model When We Introduce Basic Quantum Mechanics?
👤 Episode 20Experiment Using a Polarimeter to Measure Optical Activity - Including a Novel Analogy
👤 Episode 21What are Optical Isomerism, Chirality, Enantiomers and Plane-Polarized Light
👤 Episode 22How to Use and Understand 'Curly Arrows' in Reaction Mechanisms
👤 Episode 23What are Reaction Mechanisms, Electrophiles and Nucleophiles
👤 Episode 24Determining the Rate Equation for a Chemical Reaction
👤 Episode 25What is the Rate Constant, and How to Use it.
👤 Episode 26What is the rate of reaction, and how can you find it experimentally?
👤 Episode 27How To Predict Whether a Reaction Can Proceed, and at what Temperature - Gibbs Free Energy Change
👤 Episode 28What is Entropy in Chemistry?
👤 Episode 29Why I started This Podcast
👤 Episode 30A quick update
👤 Episode 31How to Create and Use a Born-Haber Cycle
👤 Episode 32What Are Mean Bond Enthalpies?
👤 Episode 33Standard Enthalpy of Solution ΔHsol
👤 Episode 34Standard Enthalpy of Hydration ΔHhyd
👤 Episode 35Lattice Enthalpy of Formation ΔHL
👤 Episode 36Electron Affinity ΔHea
👤 Episode 37Ionization Energy ΔHie
👤 Episode 38Standard Enthalpy of Atomization ΔHat
👤 Episode 39Standard Enthalpy of Combustion ΔHc
👤 Episode 40Standard Enthalpy of Formation ΔHf
👤 Episode 41What is a Catalyst in Chemistry?
👤 Episode 42How to Compare Maxwell-Boltzmann Distributions at Different Temperatures
👤 Episode 43What is Collision Theory and How Does it Affect the Rate of Chemical Reactions?
👤 Episode 44What is Mean Bond Enthalpy and How Do I Use It?
👤 Episode 45How to use Enthalpy of Formation and Enthalpy of Combustion to Calculate Enthalpy of Reaction - Hess's Law
👤 Episode 46How to Calculate Enthalpy Changes for Combustion and Neutralisation
👤 Episode 47What is Enthalpy and Enthalpy Change?
👤 Episode 48What is Thermochemistry and Chemical Energetics? An Introduction to Thermochemistry
👤 Episode 49